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Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog - The Peacock Recordings (1957)

Track listing:
  1. Hound Dog 2:51
  2. My Man Called Me 2:40
  3. I Smell A Rat 1:45
  4. They Call Me Big Mama 2:04
  5. You Don't Move Me No More 2:43
  6. Let Your Tears Fall Baby 2:46
  7. Rock-A-Bye Baby 2:38
  8. Yes, Baby 2:52
  9. How Come 2:34
  10. Nightmare 2:53
  11. Stop A-Hoppin' On Me 2:28
  12. Just Like A Dog 2:49
  13. Walking Blues 3:01
  14. The Big Change 2:45
  15. Hard Times 2:13
  16. Laugh, Laugh, Laugh 2:44
  17. The Fish 2:42
  18. I've Searched The Whole World Over 2:38

Notes

Let's face it, Big Mama Thornton will always be chiefly recalled for her growling 1952 reading of the Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller classic "Hound Dog." But the other 17 sides on this collection of her 1952-1957 output for Don Robey's Peacock Records aren't exactly makeweight. Thornton's mighty roar was backed by the jumping combos of Johnny Otis and saxist Bill Harvey, producing additional gems in "My Man Called Me," "They Call Me Big Mama," "The Fish," and a duet with the ill-fated Johnny Ace, "Yes Baby."